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Adamia cyanea. Blue-berried 

 Adamia. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Pentagynia. 



(Nat. Ord. — Araliace^. Wallich. Saxifrages. De Cand.) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx ovario adnatus, limbo quinquedentatus. Petala 

 quinque, dentibus calycinis alternantia, epigyna, verticem 

 ovarii ambientia. Stamina decern, quorum alterno petal is 

 opposita. Sty It quinque. Stigmata clavata, sub-biloba. 

 Bacca infera, coronata, subquinquelocularis, polysperma. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Adamia * cyanea. 



Adamia cyanea. WaUich, Tent. Fl. Nep. p. 46. t. 36. 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 16. 



Descr. A much-branched, paniculated shrub, three to 

 four feet high. Stem from an inch to an inch and a half 

 thick, with the bark spongy, whitish, glabrous ; wood pale- 

 coloured. Branches opposite, rounded or obscurely qua- 

 drangular glabrous, rather glaucous, above purplish, and 

 downy with appressed hairs ; the younger ones, as well as 

 the leaves, thickly hairy. Leaves opposite, patent, approx- 

 imated, somewhat fleshy, between oblong and lanceolate, 

 acuminated, sharp at both ends, serrated, the serratures 



incurved, 



So named by Dr. Wallich, in memory of his late friend, John Adam, 

 *-sq., President of the Supreme Council at Calcutta, an ardent promoter and 

 liberal encourager of Botany, Horticulture, and Rural Affairs in the East 



vol. v. r 



